Production and Schedule

• Run daily and weekly production schedules
• Release, manage, and close work orders
• Sequence jobs against technician capacity and material availability
• Assign and rebalance work as priorities change
• Coordinate with program management on build priorities, delivery commitments, and schedule changes
• Track WIP and maintain a current picture of what is late, why, and what is blocking it
• Build and report production KPIs including schedule attainment, cycle time, first pass yield, rework, scrap, and defect trends

Build Documentation and Configuration Control

• Turn BOMs, drawings, and engineering releases into executable builds
• Create and maintain travelers, SOPs, work instructions, and inspection points, working with engineering to capture design intent and critical characteristics
• Maintain configuration control across serialized hardware, including as-built records of revision level, parts used, operator, and inspection results
• Partner with engineering to ensure changes are reflected in drawings, BOMs, and work instructions together so the floor is never building to a superseded configuration

Quality

• Establish incoming, in-process, and final inspection
• Run first article inspection
• Lead the NCR and nonconformance workflow, coordinating root cause, CAPA, and MRB disposition with engineering and quality stakeholders
• Maintain calibration, serialization, and traceability on flight-critical hardware
• Build quality processes that technicians will follow and that hold up to customer and third-party audit

BOM and Supply Chain

• Own BOM structure, accuracy, and revision control
• Manage sourcing, purchase orders, vendor qualification, and supplier performance
• Work with engineering on part selection, alternates, and approval of substitutions
• Plan lead times and inventory, and manage material cost
• Identify and qualify second sources ahead of single-source risk, within the sourcing constraints that apply to defense programs

Team and Workflow

• Lead and develop technicians across composites, electromechanical assembly, integration, and test
• Hire, train, and cross-train
• Improve station layout, tooling, fixturing, kitting, and material flow to increase technician efficiency

Engineering Collaboration and DFM

• Work directly with engineers when a part does not fit, a unit fails, an assembly is difficult to build, or a step repeatedly requires rework
• Bring production issues forward with clear data from the floor, and work them jointly with engineering through containment, root cause, and disposition
• Confirm the resulting change is reflected in the drawing, BOM, and work instruction so the issue does not recur
• Participate in design discussions and reviews before release, providing DFM input on tolerance stackups, fastener and tool access, part count, cable routing and strain relief, and test and inspection access
• Provide program management with accurate build status and realistic delivery dates, and escalate risks early enough to be acted on

• Experience running production in a low-volume, high-mix hardware environment such as aerospace, defense, robotics, medical devices, or precision electromechanical assembly
• Direct ownership of work orders, routings, and production scheduling
• Experience writing travelers, SOPs, and work instructions, including placement of inspection points
• Working knowledge of configuration control and serialized aerospace hardware, and why as-built configuration must be traceable after delivery
• Hands-on BOM and ERP or MRP experience, including structuring and maintaining BOMs
• Purchasing and vendor management experience, including qualifying new suppliers
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO 9001. Running a certification yourself is not required, but you should understand what the standard requires
• Nonconformance and corrective action experience, including NCRs, root cause analysis, CAPA, and MRB disposition
• Direct people management experience leading technicians
• Ability to read engineering drawings and GD&T, with enough technical depth to engage substantively with engineers
• A history of working closely with design engineering, including DFM input during design and driving production issues back into drawings and BOMs
• Experience coordinating with program or project management on schedule, priorities, and delivery commitments
• Strong cross-functional communication. You can hold your own with engineers and give leadership an honest status without overstating or hedging
• Willingness to spend most of your time on the production floor

• Composites manufacturing, particularly wet layup, vacuum bagging, and oven cure
• UAS, aviation, or DoD programs, and familiarity with Blue UAS or NDAA Section 848 sourcing requirements
• Experience taking a product from prototype into repeatable production
• Aviation maintenance or production control background from military service
• Direct experience supporting an AS9100 audit

Every full-time employee at WingXpand receives stock options. Equity is a core part of how we pay, not an afterthought, and early team members share directly in the company's growth as we scale. Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, and unlimited paid time off for vacation, illness, and personal needs, plus paid company holidays.